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The papers in the volume deal with significant trends and development in population, labour force and employment, agriculture and irrigation, industrial development, the social sectors and environment. Commenting and analysing, the research writings raise questions on development issues with particular respect to Tamil Nadu which has emerged as one of the pioneers among states in the uplift of the weaker sections. Scrutinising a variety of data and with special ...
The irrigation tanks of South India embody an ancient and rich tradition of harnessing local rainfall and stream flow for agriculture. For long these were the dominant source of irrigation. The advent of largescale storages and energised pumping have overshadowed these tanks in recent decades. Resources allocated towards maintaining the existing tanks in good condition and construction of new ones is but a small fraction of the outlay on canal systems, wells and ...
Rapid economic growth and eradication of abject poverty have been the core concerns of India’s polity and government throughout the last five decades. Coordinated planning with the state playing the leading role in initiating and regulating the process of development in pursuit of these objectives has been a distinctive feature. Specific targets, perceptions of the problems involved and their solutions have been changing over time. The essays in this collection ...
Water resource management since Independence has been, and continues to be, overly preoccupied with augmentation of supply to the neglect of efficiency of use and long-term sustainability. There is a clear gap between the policy formulations, implementations, and the governance and management of India’s water economy. Based on extensive empirical and analytical research, this collection brings together A. Vaidyanathan’s recent work on water resources ...